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The rank which belong to Ilfracombe are chiefly 

 employed in the coasting trade, in conveying ore, corn, 

 ftc. from Cornwall and Devonshire to Bristol, and also 

 in fiihing. , 



The following wa the filiation of the town and 



pwUhin 1811. 



Number of houses 43* 



Number of families *3* 



Do, employed in trade H* 



Do. in agriculture 5 7 



Population 193* 



See Polwhele's Surrey of Devonshire ; Mason's Ob- 

 fertalions on Ihr ll'cttcrn Counties; and the Beauties oj 

 England and Walet, vol. iv. p 267. 

 II. I AC PASSION. See MEDICINE. 

 II. IAD. See HOMIR, vol. tf. p. 97. 

 ILLE AND VILIJUNE, is the name of one of the north- 

 west departments of France, which derives its name from 

 the Ille and Villaine, two rivers which unite at Rennes ; 

 the capital of the department. The soil of this depart- 

 ment is in general ill-fitted for culture, nevertheless be- 

 low Rennes and St. Malo, corn, hemp, and fruits, are 

 produced in abundance. At a short distance from Ren- 

 nes, is the farm of Prevalais, where the butter is made 

 that is so famous in every part of France. The in- 

 land commerce of this department consists principally 

 of its natural productions, which are corn, lint, hemp, 

 wood, cattle, butter, mines of lead, oysters, and fish. 

 The department contains 7185 square kilometers, or 

 36* square leagues. The forests, of which three-fourths 

 belong to the nation, occupy 54,000 or 55,000 acres. 

 The contributions in the year 1802 were 421,093 francs; 

 and the number of inhabitants is 488,605. The prin- 

 cipal towns are, 



Population. 



Rennes 25.904 



St Malo 9,147 



Vitre 8,809 



Fougeres 7,297 



Redon 3,783 



Montfort 1,118 



ILLEGITIMACY. See LAW. 

 II.I.INOISTERRiTORY is one of the northern of the 

 United States of North America. It derives its name 

 from the river Illinois, an Indian word, which signifies 

 a man of full ngt, or in the vigour of his years. 

 . . This territory lies between 37 and 49 37' of North 



Lat. and between Long. 85 45' and 95 6' West. It 

 is about 870 miles long from the Ohio to the northern 

 line, and has the following breadths, 650 miles, 200, 

 150, and 50. It contains '200,000 square miles, exclu- 

 sive of part of the waters of the lakes Superior and Mi- 

 chigan. 



Boundario. ft is bounded by Upper Canada on the north, by the 

 Indian territory on the east, by the river Illinois on 

 the south-east, and by Louisiana on the west, from 

 which it is separated by the Mississippi. 



Diriiin ^ ne P art * l ^' s territory which is settled by the 



and popul*. white people, is divided into two counties, St Clair and 



lien. Randolph ; the first of which contains nine towns and 



5007 inhabitants, and the second three towns and 7275 



inhabitants. In 1800, the whole population was 215, 



and in 1810 it amounted to 12,282. 



Town*. I he principal towns of the Illinois territory are Ka~ 



laskia, the capital, which is situated on the river of the 



1 I, L 



same name, and contains 100 well built houses, and iliinoi?, 

 6'>2 inhabitants ; Cahokfa, situated on the southern side lUuminati. 

 of Cahokia Creek, and containing 711 Inhabitants; and 

 Goshen, the capital of St Clair county, which has 1725 

 inhabitants. 



The chief rivers are the Mississippi, the Illinois, the 

 Wabash, the Ouisconsin, the Fox river, the Chippeway, 

 the St Croix, the St Louis, the Winnipec, the Dove, 

 the Seseme Quian, the Kasaskia, the Ausvase, and the 

 Little Wabash. 



The principal lakes are Lakes Michigan, Superior, 

 Rainy Lake, Red Lake, about 60 miles in circumfer- 

 ence, and nearly round ; Lake Pepin, about 20 miles 

 long and 6 broad ; Lake Winnebago, 1 5* miles long 

 and 6 wide ; and lake Illinois, about 20 miles long and 

 3 wide. 



The country between the rivers Kasaskia and Illi- 

 nois, which is a distance of about 84 miles, is a rich 

 and level tract of land, terminating in a high ridge. 

 The last of these rivers is bordered by fine meadows, 

 and the soil of the country is in general of a very su- 

 perior quality. 



Fort Massac, which wag built by the French on the 

 west bank of the Ohio, is a port of entry ; and in the 

 4th quarter of 1 803, foreign articles were exported to . 

 the value of 17,320 dollars. 



The principal mines of this territory are those of Natural 

 copper and lead. On Mine river, a western branch of history, 

 the Illinois, there is a rich copper mine. On the south 

 shore of Lake Superior, there are many mines of pure 

 copper. About 9 miles from the mouth of Iron river 

 there is another copper mine ; and the same metal is 

 also found in great quantities on Middle Island, nine- 

 teen leagues north-west of Iron river. The purest lead 

 ore is found in immense quantities on the banks of the 

 Ouisconsin. 



The banks of the rivers abound with buffaloes,- deers, 

 elks, turkeys, ducks, teal, geese, swans, cranes, pelicans, 

 pheasants, partridges. The sturgeon and the picannau, 

 and plenty offish, are found in the lakes and rivers. 



The vegetables of this district are the oak, hiccory, 

 cedar, mulberry, hops, dyeing drugs, medical plants of 

 various kinds, and excellent wild grapes, from which, 

 in the year 1797, the French settlers made 110 hogs- 

 heads of strong wine. 



Before the year 1 756, the French had settlements at History. 

 Kaskaskia, Cahokia, &c. but they were at that time 

 driven out by the British, who held the country till the 

 revolution. In the year 1780, there were 12 Indian 

 tribes in this territory, which were estimated to con- 

 tain 8300 fighting men. See Morse's System of Geogra- 

 phy, Boston, 1814. 



ILLUMINATI, a secret association which existed in . 

 Germany, some time previous to the French revolution, 

 and which has been supposed to haVe -been connected 

 with the masonic institutions on the continent. ' This 

 association was founded in 1 775, by Dr. Adam Weis- 

 haupt, professor of canon law in the university of In- 

 golstadt. The professed objects of the institution were 

 to introduce more enlightened ideas of government, to 

 disseminate a knowledge of the sciences, and to pro- 

 mote the interests of virtue ; but its members have been 

 accused, not without some appearance of reason, of in- 

 culcating speculative opinions, equally hostile to the 

 principles of sound religion and social order. 



Soon after the commencement of the French revolu- 

 tion, the attention of the public was eagerly directed 

 towards thp plan and objects of this association, which 



